FORT WILLIAM Engraving by Elisha Kirkall

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FORT WILLIAM Engraving by Elisha Kirkall

Post by aukepalmhof » Thu May 19, 2016 8:32 pm

This stamp issued by India in 1990 shows us an engraving by the artist Elisha Kirkall of the British East India Company “Fort William” at Calcutta and in front of the fort on the River Gangus British ships, the ships are not identified but most probably company ships.

By the engraving is given:
Mezzotint engraving by Elisha Kirkall (c.1682-1742) after George Lambert (1710-65) of Fort William at Calcutta published in London in 1735. This print is after the painting in the Court Room of the British East India Company's house in Leadenhall Street in London. Calcutta was founded on the banks of the River Hooghly by Job Charnock in 1690. In the foreground, there are a number of English vessels, three of which are firing salutes. Behind, Fort William shows two lines of battlements that enclose Government House and over the roof rises the steeple of St Anne's Church, which was consecrated in 1709. The fort was destroyed by the forces of Siraj-ud-Daulah the Nawab of Bengal in 1757. A new Fort William was constructed to the south of the city in Gobindpore and designed by John Brohier.

Source: http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex ... 00000.html
India 1990 6r sg1433, scott1342
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